A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015
1hr 1 min
You'll never hear more hype on Superhero Slate other than this week! STAR WARS! JESSICA JONES! OTHER STUFF and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- STAR WARS (9:20)
- Trailer
- Ticket sales 8:1 on Hunger Games
- All trailers mixed together
- Jessica Jones (26:35)
- MCU (32:55)
- Grossed $9 billion worldwide
- Phase 2 set coming out
- Doctor Strange (39:30)
- Production start November 4
- Thor: Ragnarok (41:00)
- To film in Australia officially in June 2016 in Queensland
- November 3, 2017
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (41:50)
- Peyton Reed in talks to return
- $500 million
- Gambit (43:40)
- Doug Liman courted for director (Edge of Tomorrow)
- Also, Shane Black and Joe Cornish
- BvS (46:05)
- Budget is around $410 million for film
- Krypton (47:30)
- Takes place 200 years before MoS
- Kingsmen 2 (49:30)
- Release June 16, 2017
- War of the Planet of the Apes (51:45)
- Alien: Paradise Lost (53:05)
- Prometheus sequel to film in Australia
- Underworld 5 (54:15)
- Starts filming
- 10-21-16
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (55:35)
- Starts filming
- 10-21-16
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Oct 18, 2015
Oct 18, 2015
58 min
Superhero Slate gets excited about Fox's first X-men TV shows, Hulk and Thor teaming up, new Star Wars materials, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men (6:45)
- 2 TV shows in development at Fox
- Legion
- Hellfire
- Exec produced by Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, as well as Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.
- 2 TV shows in development at Fox
- Fantastic Four (16:07)
- Fox may have made deal with Marvel to get TV shows
- Denied or truth?
- Luke Cage (21:30)
- Moon Knight (23:45)
- Rumor: Marvel developing Netflix series
- Black Panther (28:00)
- Ryan Coogler possible director
- Worked on Creed; Fruitvale Station
- Ryan Coogler possible director
- Thor: Ragnarok (30:05)
- Rumor: Hulk to appear in film
- Darkest script yet
- Valkyries to appear
- Ant-Man (37:15)
- 12/8 - DVD/BD
- 11/17 - Digital
- STAR WARS (38:15)
- LEGO Batman (44:25)
- Rosario Dawson as Batgirl
- Michael Cera as Robin
- Zach Galifianakis as the Joker
- Rosario Dawson as Batgirl
- Kingsmen 2 (46:25)
- Films in April 2016
- Alien Sequel (46:55)
- Godzilla vs. King Kong (50:00)
- Kong in 2017
- Godzilla in 2018
- Vs in 2020
- Resident Evil (51:55)
- A new animated film coming in 2017
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Oct 12, 2015
Oct 12, 2015
1hr 14 min
Marvel's Phase 3 news got Superhero Slate hot and bothered, but we still show up! We also talk New York Comic-Con, Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman's time periods, and more!
Riff & Raff
- New York trip, but not NYCC
News (8:20)
- The Flash (movie)
- Seth Grahame-Smith to write/direct
- Wonder Woman (10:45)
- Time Periods
- Justice League (16:00)
- Animated series coming to Cartoon Network in 2016
- Marvel Phase 3/4 (18:00)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp - July 6, 2018
- Moves Black Panther forward to February 16, 2018
- Pushes Ms. Marvel to March 8, 2019
- 3 Untitled Marvel Films in 2020
- Schedule on Superhero Slate
- Ant-Man and the Wasp - July 6, 2018
- Black Panther (29:35)
- Hires writer - Joe Robert Cle
- worked on Inhumans script
- Director not picked until after script is done
- Hires writer - Joe Robert Cle
- Civil War (30:50)
- Avengers: Infinity War (33:30)
- Combined films have a production budget of $1 billion
- Jessica Jones (36:15)
- 3rd teaser - jump/flight
- Carrie Anne Moss is Jeryn Hogarth
- Typically Male in comics, Lawyer and executor of Rand estate (Iron Fist)
- Nuke appears in the show
- Daredevil S2 (39:35)
- Concept art poster
- Leaked teaser(Skip to 1:18 mark)
- Rumor Patrol (42:50)
- Inhumans
- Iron Fist
- Age of Ultron (47:30)
- Loki cut due to test audience feedback
- Marvel Comics (49:45)
- Disney/Pixar (51:15)
- Cars 3 - June 16, 2017
- Toy Story 4 - June 15, 2018
- Coco - November 22, 2017
- The Incredibles 2 - June 21, 2019
- X-men Apocalypse (54:40)
- New Synopsis
- Like Star Wars - Main series + stand alones
- Max Max (57:35)
- Two sequels penned by George Miller
- Terminator (58:20)
- Franchise on shelf after Genisys
- Lord of the Rings (59:30)
- Nicholas Cage turned down Aragorn role
- Pacific Rim 2 (1:00:40)
- Budget is ready, waiting script from John Spaihts before greenlight
- Power Rangers (1:01:40)
- Naomi Scott cast as Pink Ranger
- TV Roundup (1:03:45)
- Walking Dead starts tonight
- Flash S2
- Arrow S4
Steamed Broccoli (1:08:30)
- Howard the Duck
- Super hipster stupid request
- Set superhero movies back to the stone age
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Oct 4, 2015
Oct 4, 2015
1hr 3 min
Superhero Slate happens more frequently than lunar eclipses, so we talk new movies, possible upcoming TV shows, Fox's mutants, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Batman v. Superman (5:30)
- Rated Pg-13
- Watchmen (10:20)
- TV series in talks at HBO
- The Flash S2 (16:10)
- Star Wars (18:25)
- Skywalker family continues through this trilogy
- Marvel Netflix (23:10)
- Feige confirms DD and others will be referenced in films
- Jessica Jones (25:45)
- Damage Control (29:55)
- ABC orders script of 1/2 hr comedy series
- Based on Marvel group who cleans up after superheroes
- Captain America: Civil War (36:15)
- Ends the Captain America trilogy
- Thor: Ragnarok (37:55)
- Taika Waititi in talks to direct
- Flight of the Conchords; What We Do in the Shadows
- Doctor Strange (40:10)
- Feige confirms Origin Story
- New Mutants (42:10)
- Josh Boone’s first draft is complete
- Deadpool (43:25)
- Ryan Reynolds stole suit from set
- Gambit (44:50)
- Wyatt left to not comprise film vision
- Game of Thrones (46:40)
- HBO is making a movie after series ends
- Transformers (51:05)
- 5-8 confirmed
- Pacific Rim 2 (53:40)
- Removed from schedule, not canceled
- Ghostbusters (55:10)
- Animated movie in works
- Assassin’s Creed(58:25)
- TV Recap (58:55)
- Agents of SHIELD
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sep 27, 2015
Sep 27, 2015
1hr 14 min
Superhero Slate's September comes to an end, but the news does not. This week Jessica Jones shows up, Supergirl villains appear, we talk Fall TV and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Spider-Man (10:00)
- Will be 15 in movie
- Sinister Six (12:30)
- Was a Spider-Man Adventure, could still happen
- Ant-Man (16:00)
- Wasp Concept artby Andy Park @andyparkart
- GotG Vol 2 (18:00)
- Iron Man will not appear
- Jessica Jones (19:15)
- Luke Cage (22:45)
- Agent Carter S2 (23:45)
- Star Wars VIII (27:30)
- Hayden Christensen rumored to return
- X-Men (31:50)
- Hugh Jackman wants Tom Hardy as Wolverine
- Men In Black (35:15)
- New trilogy in works, Will Smith not involved
- Supergirl (37:15)
- Prometheus 2 (40:40)
- Alien: Paradise Lost
- Furious 8 (43:40)
- No director found yet
- Begins trilogy that ends franchise
- Angry Birds (46:15)
- A-Team (49:40)
- TV reboot in the works
- The Splat (50:20)
- Nickelodeon’s 90’s cartoon block
- TV Roundup (58:00)
- The Muppets
- Heroes Reborn
- Doctor Who
- Gotham
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sep 20, 2015
Sep 20, 2015
1hr 12 min
Things this week are back to normal! Chris and Mike talk Star Wars filming, Marvel’s upcoming Netflix shows, other obscure movies, and more!
Riff & Raff
Live Tweet us!
News
- Star Wars VIII (May 2017) (9:15)
- Star Wars Rogue One (December 2016) (10:30)
- Daredevil S2 (April 2016) (14:00)
- Drew Goddard still involved as EP
- Stick returns for 3 episodes
- Marvel’s Luke Cage (Fall 2016) (17:06)
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (Tuesday September 29th) (28:35)
- Guardians of the Galaxy - Disney XD (Saturday September 26th) (20:10)
- Cosmic Mix volume 1 (Listen on Spotify)
- Deadpool (Feb 12, 2016) (22:17)
- Fox plotting sequel
- Rough cut ‘delivers’
- X-Men (25:50)
- Gambit/Deadpool will interact with current X-Men universe
- Gambit (Oct 7, 2016) (28:30)
- Rupert Wyatt leaves project
- Begins early 2016
- Batman v. Superman (March 25, 2016) (31:20)
- Zod is Bizarro/Doomsday cross
- Justice League (Nov 17, 2017) (36:52)
- Brainiac is villain
- Booster Gold/Blue Beetle (38:45)
- Greg Berlanti to direct/produce film
- Gotham S2 (Sept 21, 2015) (44:00)
- Two major characters to ‘bite it’
- Supergirl (October 26, 2016) (45:30)
- Pacific Rim 2 (2017?) (49:20)
- On indefinite hold
- Will it? Won’t it?
- Star Trek Beyond (July 22, 2016) (51:50)
- Delayed 2 weeks
- Planet of the Apes 3 (July 14, 2017) (53:02)
- Woody Harrelson as main villain
- The Jungle Book (April 15, 2016) (55:15)
- Transformers 5 (1:00:51)
- Moving forward
- Animated Cybertron film also
- Trolls (November 4, 2016) (1:02:21)
- 2016 Animated Musical - Dreamworks
- Casts Justin Timberlake
- Godzilla v. King Kong (1:03:56)
- Legendary is confident it can come up with a rationale to explain how Kong and Godzilla can do battle - and possibly become allies.
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sep 12, 2015
Sep 12, 2015
1hr 9 min
Mike is gone, but Superhero Slate goes on! Guest host Brian helps talk about upcoming TV series, a ton of images, Green Lantern, and more!
News
- Star Wars 9 (5:10)
- Star Wars: Rogue One (7:00)
- Mads Mikkelsen name revealed? - Galen
- Scene at the end of Force Awakens (rumor)
- Deadpool (10:40)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (12:39)
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (18:33)
- Jessica Jones (20:45)
- First teaser(Avengers tower)
- Release 11-20-15
- Luke Cage (23:20)
- Frank Whaley cast as Detective Scarfe (Pulp Fiction)
- Captain Marvel (26:00)
- Rebecca Ferguson rumored to be favored
- Infinity War (28:11)
- Thor: Ragnarok (30:37)
- Also filming in Georgia
- Wonder Woman (31:28)
- First half of film in 1920’s
- Second half in modern times
- Films in November
- Suicide Squad (33:40)
- Gotham S2 (37:50)
- Legends of Tomorrow (40:06)
- Arrow S4 (43:25)
- Green Lantern ring to be teased
- Preacher (48:11)
- Road House (49:47)
- To star Ronda Rousey
- Transformers 5 (51:10)
- Mark Wahlberg + Dinobots
- Optimus Prime in space with Unicron
- Bourne 5 (53:45)
- Doctor Who (56:30)
- Christopher Nolan (59:10)
- Will direct Untitled Film for WB releasing July 21, 2017
- King Kong v. Godzilla (1:02:40)
- Skull Island and Godzilla 2 first
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Brian – @Picketfence14, Instagram, Hippos for Hire (soon)
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015
35 min
This is the super special Superhero Slate spoilercast for Fox's Fantastic Four! Chris and Mike are going to tell you how it is, whether you like it or not.
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Fantastic Four (2015) Special
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015
1hr 9 min
On September's first Superhero Slate, we talk this fall’s TV series, some Marvel changes that happened, a ton of casting announcements, and more!
News
- Arrow S4 (9:05)
- Supergirl (17:00)
- Lucy Lane appears
- Iddo Goldberg
- Red Tornado (android) (Hero)
- Dr. T. O. Morrow (Villain)
- General Lane cast - Glenn Morshower (SHIELD, X-Men, Transformers)
- Wonder Woman (21:50)
- Production title “Nightingale”
- Fantastic Four (23:45)
- Stan Lee has not seen the newest one
- Second biggest loss of the year so far (Behind Tomorrowland)
- Marvel (26:45)
- Thor 3/Captain Marvel to film in Australia
- Marvel Studios directly under Disney
- Creative Committee disbanded
- Captain America: Civil War (34:10)
- No Hulk - cut from script
- GotG Volume 2 (35:50)
- Second draft complete
- Avengers: Infinity War (46:40)
- Starts October 2016
- Agent Carter S2 (42:56)
- Begins filming
- Sousa is now Peggy’s boss
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (45:05)
- Daredevil S2 (46:10)
- Punish.
- Stephen Rider joins as Blake Tower (DA)
- Luke Cage (48:30)
- Production title “Tiara”
- Theo Rossi joins as the villain “Shades”
- Simone Missick as Misty Knight
- Mahershala Ali as Cottonmouth
- Star Wars VIII (50:40)
- Actress shortlist
- Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
- Gina Rodriguez
- Olivia Cooke
- Actress shortlist
- Bagged & Bearded
- Pilots (55:15)
- Lucifer
- Minority Report
- Heroes Reborn
- Wes Craven (1:01:08)
- Passed away
Next Week News!
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Aug 29, 2015
Aug 29, 2015
1hr 2 min
Today's Superhero Slate show is full of potential spoilers, some new teases, surprise casting announcements, and more!
News
- Flash S2 (5:15)
- First official image
- Casting
- Jesse Thompson/Jesse Quick
- Tokamak - Demore Barnes
- Agents of Shield S3 (10:05)
- Inhuman Lash cast(Matt Willig)
- ATCU (Advanced Threat Containment Unit)
- Luke Cage (12:30)
- Synopsis released
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (16:02)
- Arriving on Netflix in September
- Captain America: Civil War (19:30)
- Another Spider-Man character to have filmed scenes
- Concept art reveals teams(SPOILERS)
- Doctor Strange (25:52)
- Mads Mikkelsen eyed for Villain
- GotG Volume 2 (26:52)
- Filming in February
- Blade (28:21)
- Next movie to focus on Daughter - Fallon Grey, with Snipes as mentor
- Gambit (31:17)
- Lea Seydoux offered leading female role
- Fantastic Four (32:55)
- Steve Jung - concept artist
- Man of Steel 2 (34:25)
- Permanently on hold - George Miller to direct SOME DCU movie
- Suicide Squad (36:07)
- Done filming, no more green hair
- Star Wars VII (37:05)
- Kylo Ren is NOT a Sith & operates under Supreme Leader Snoke
- New teaser video - Blue Lightsaber
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (44:30)
- Grand Moff Tarkin to reappear
- Assassin’s Creed (46:13)
- Bourne 5 (49:40)
- Starts production next week in Greece, finishes in Las Vegas
- xXx 3 (51:50)
- Filming in December with Vin Diesel
- Secret Wars (comic) (53:20)
- Expanded to 9 issues
User Submitted (54:55)
- Game Gloss - Ranking of Marvel Cinematic Heroes via YouTube
- Marshall - Fantastic Four into MCU
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics